Roselea

Category: Demolition

The demolition of old structures on site.

  • Pebble Dashed Rendering Removed!

    The week’s work of bashing and ripping off the pebble dashed rendering has finished at last!

    The ground, the paved footpath, all the way round the Old Place has a pile of sand, cement and little pebbles, about a foot high! This will be scraped up later using the mini digger and deposited into a skip or two. Also there is a large pile of folded flattened soft iron metal mesh! Maybe get some money for the scrap metal value!












    All that is left is all the battens decorating the feather edge boarding walls, which will be taken off and burnt. A lot of them are full of nails and some are rotten too!

    It is quite interesting to discover what is underneath, as the pictures can show, but also some clues to why the big window (the Lounge) is a different style to all the other windows.

  • Roof Tiles all Off

    I don’t know what day number it is anymore! Half a day there and half a day here!

    Anyway all the roof tiles are now off the Old Place! It is bald!


    We have made a pile of them near the Loke, all wrapped in plastic to keep the dust in. Soon all the interior wall panels (which are also thin cement boards) will join the tiles. Then the whole lot will be taken away for disposal in the proper and correct manner.

    The rain over the weekend was very useful in washing down the roof of any remaining dust, dirt, moss etc.!

  • Days 3,4 & 5 Of The House Demolition

    Nothing much done on Saturday as Shaun was feeling ill all day (very unusual)… So Stephen just fixed a saftey rope from one end of the ridge to the other.

    On Sunday Shaun made good progress and stripped a third of the roof.
    Monday Shaun continued the good work (but the computer recording the images was not working properly and only recorded the last part of the day).



  • Day 2 – Roof Tiles Flying Off!

    Day 2 sees the tiles come flying off with increasing speed.

    The technique is improving but it is time now to make a neat pile for the rubbish so we can treat it properly.

    The tiles are well fixed, using copper attachments in the third hole and two more normal iron nails for the main fixings. The roof isn’t showing any signs of rottenness, quite solid!

    The chimney is in very good condition without any wearing or mortar failing! They knew how to do a proper job in those days!

  • Day 1 of Roof Tiles Removal

    Today we started the demolition of the Old Place!

    The tiles on the roof starting from the top, working the way down, are being removed, one by one. No rushing!

    The initial cautious probing and teasing up of the tiles at the beginning of the gable end of the roof, then the job speeded up as the confidence grew.

    There will be safety lines tied up over the roof ridge and around the chimney to insure against slips etc. Also wearing full dust masks and face shield too!